Christmas Challenge 2013 Day 1: White Christmas

So with one challenge just finishing up, I’m now starting another. There were three Christmas nail art challenges being run by UK groups or individuals. I finally plumped for the Crumpet’s Nail Tarts Christmas Winter Challenge as it started the latest and I couldn’t cope with starting too much earlier while still trying to do the 33 Day Challenge.

The first prompt is “White Christmas” – so all about snow, lights and decorations. I chose to do a snowflake manicure, but fancied doing it more like you’d see on some Christmas wrapping paper, so I have stamped some snowflakes over a shimmery red.

I chose No.7 Salsa for the base. It’s a metallic, shiny red. I needed three coats for complete opacity, but two would have done if I wasn’t being so picky.

Then I stamped in white using Bundle Monster plate BM-323.

The result really does look like that metallic Christmas wrapping paper.

About me

I'm Claire Kerr and I'm a UK nails blogger. I've only been addicted to nail polish since 2012. Some kind of mid-life crisis turned me from a tomboy into a girly girl!

I had been posting pics of my manicures to Facebook, really as a way of documenting them for myself, but I was filling up my timeline with the photos and most of my friends weren't interested. So I started this blog instead!